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World Cup offers welcome break from franchise diet

26 May 2024 0 comments

MARK BUTCHER With the ICC holding global tournaments every year for the foreseeable future, it doesn’t leave long for the […]

Focus on the fans

26 May 2024 0 comments

By RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler How red-ball cricket can survive if attention is paid to those who are still […]

Finding a second home

26 May 2024 0 comments

ANNIE CHAVE At the end of the 2020 season when, after 15 years playing and coaching on the county circuit, […]

Super stuff at Portchester

26 May 2024 0 comments

Toby Reynolds reports from Portchester CC, a small club in Hampshire which is making a significant contribution to opening up […]

Waters muddied as ECB changes rules for Yorkshire

26 May 2024 0 comments

KATYA WITNEY After the latest development to Project Darwin, it’s hardly surprising if those following it are struggling to keep […]

Slaughtered seamers need not despair

26 May 2024 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS The T20 World Cup begins next Saturday hard on the heels of the Indian Premier League in which […]

Anderson’s retirement in England’s best interests

19 May 2024 0 comments

MARK BUTCHER It was a brave call from the England management to signal the end of Jimmy Anderson’s career. It […]

Lancs losses in sharp relief against Surrey’s success

19 May 2024 0 comments

BEN GARDNER “We need two extra points.” Head coach Gareth Batty, speaking at the end of Surrey’s latest dismantling of […]

Time for transfer talk to get real

19 May 2024 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler In the next week or so, the county cricket rumour mill will start to turn. […]

A Cricket Life with Mike Hussey

19 May 2024 0 comments

A regular feature charting the lives of some of the game’s stars, this week the run machine-turned-commentator on a life […]

Bravo to Emilio Gay, inspiring the next generation

12 May 2024 0 comments

Jeremy Blackmore on a cricketer with a unique background who is hoping to use his profile to help others Northamptonshire […]

The unsolvable problem

12 May 2024 0 comments

KATYA WITNEY Katya Witney, staff writer @wisdencricket, on the packed cricketing schedule Being a professional cricketer is a dream for […]

The long goodbye?

12 May 2024 0 comments

Richard Clarke AKA The Grumbler As you might expect from one of the world’s most literate sports, county cricket has […]

Playing the long game

12 May 2024 0 comments

ANNIE CHAVE Will Jacks flew to a 41-ball century for the Royal Challengers Bangaluru in the IPL. Johnny Bairstow’s Punjab […]

Keeping sane on the country merry-go-round

12 May 2024 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS There will be those who will have rolled their eyes after the PCA released a statement voicing the […]

A Cricket Life with Greg Chappell

12 May 2024 0 comments

A regular feature charting the lives of some of the game’s stars, this week the Australian batting legend on the […]

Archer brings venom to England’s World Cup bid

5 May 2024 0 comments

MARK BUTCHER The headline news from England’s T20 World Cup squad was Jofra Archer’s return and, fingers crossed, if he […]

Backing the bat in the balancing act of T20

5 May 2024 0 comments

BEN GARDNER A major fascination of international T20 cricket is its necessary get-what-you’re-given nature. While franchise teams don’t all follow […]

Handle with care

5 May 2024 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE This week, two contrasting voices uttered the most sacrilegious statement in British sport – the Premier League is […]

A Cricket Life with Daniel Vettori

5 May 2024 0 comments

A regular feature charting the lives of some of the game’s stars, this week the New Zealand all-rounder picks out […]

The Definitive Matthew Hoggard

5 May 2024 0 comments

The ex-England, Yorkshire and Leicestershire seamer picks out the moments which shaped his outstanding career The step up 3rd XI […]

One last ride with the Stars before I’m a brown hatter

5 May 2024 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS For women’s domestic cricket this will be the last summer under the current structure, following the ECB’s decision […]

Is 18 first-class counties too many?

28 April 2024 0 comments

MARK BUTCHER The 18 first-class county model we have in this country is unique, and one of its main benefits […]

Women’s cricket on right tracks but mind the gap

28 April 2024 0 comments

KATYA WITNEY The staff writer for @wisdencricket on where women’s cricket finds itself Frustrating and upsetting.” Those were the words […]

What is going off out there?

28 April 2024 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS You are forgiven if a glance at the scorecards has left you scratching your head during these first […]

Features

World Cup offers welcome break from franchise diet

Focus on the fans

Finding a second home

Super stuff at Portchester

Waters muddied as ECB changes rules for Yorkshire

Slaughtered seamers need not despair

Anderson’s retirement in England’s best interests

Lancs losses in sharp relief against Surrey’s success

Time for transfer talk to get real

A Cricket Life with Mike Hussey

Bravo to Emilio Gay, inspiring the next generation

The unsolvable problem

The long goodbye?

Playing the long game

Keeping sane on the country merry-go-round

A Cricket Life with Greg Chappell

Archer brings venom to England’s World Cup bid

Backing the bat in the balancing act of T20

Handle with care

A Cricket Life with Daniel Vettori

The Definitive Matthew Hoggard

One last ride with the Stars before I’m a brown hatter

Is 18 first-class counties too many?

Women’s cricket on right tracks but mind the gap

What is going off out there?

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